The Elusive Magic Bullet: The Search for the Perfect Drug

by John Mann

In his exciting new book, John Mann, author of the highly successful Murder, Magic and Medicine, reveals the history of the drugs that are so commonplace today in the treatment of disease. While we can now treat so many of these illnesses, the side-effects caused by many of these treatments can be severe, and even more worrying -- the bacteria are now becoming more resistant to the drugs (the so-called 'superbugs'). Scientists are also faced with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198500939
• ISBN13: 9780198500933
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"